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Following a stroke, a 68-year-old man has a ...
H (Wernicke's area) ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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Fluent speech, impaired comprehension โ†’ Fluent aphasia โ†’ Wernicke's area

Here are the others (as near as I could tell):

A: Broca's area โ†’ "Broken Boca" โ†’ would present with non-fluent speech with intact comprehension

B: ?

C, D: Motor cortex

E, F: Sensory cortex

G: ?

H: Wernicke's area


No idea what B or G are.

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kahin  B-Frontal eye field? G-Parietal lobe +
specialist_jello  G : Gerstmann syndome? angular gyrus? not sure +
pakimd  G does look like angular gyrus since it is right above the wernicke area +
srmtn  B: frontal eyelid field? G: angular gyrus? +
lovebug  FA2019 p489 +



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